Shaoang Li

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the AI Innovation Institute (AI3), Stony Brook University, working with Prof. Lav R. Varshney and Prof. Jian Li. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), where I was fortunate to be advised by Prof. Xiang-Yang Li and mentored by Prof. Lan Zhang. I received my B.S. from Jilin University as a member of the Tang Aoqing Honors Program in Science.

My research focuses on the theoretical foundations of sequential decision-making, particularly multi-armed bandits and reinforcement learning under resource constraints. I am also interested in building efficient systems for large language models, including online deployment, routing, and evidence-based reasoning.